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So saying, he slunk from the crowd, cowed and disheartened by his defeat.
Was not she good about it, Frank, when she tore it?" "Yes, she's a nice little thing enough, if she does not get all spirit cowed out of her by that brother. I'm thankful that he is going to school." When Mrs. Browne heard where Maggie had drank tea, she was offended. She had only sat with Mrs. Buxton for an hour before dinner. If Mrs.
The streets were deserted; the oil lamps swung on their chains at the street corners, casting weird shadows that swept over the face of the houses with uncanny irregularity. It was an evening for evil deeds, except that when Nature is in an ill-humour human nature is mostly cowed, and those who have bad consciences cannot rid their minds of thoughts of the hereafter.
On ascertaining the Landshut disaster, Friedrich falls back a little; northward to Gross-Dobritz: "Possibly Daun will think us cowed by what has happened; and may try something on us?"
Oh, I know what you are going to say; I know what you think. And some day I shall break out and defy you to do your worst." Henson smiled as one might do at the outbreak of an angry child. His eyes flashed and his tongue spoke words that Littimer fairly cowed before. And yet he did not show it. He was like a boy who has found a stone for the man who stands over him with the whip.
There was something so serious, so sad, and so determined in the manner of the young Jewess, that it almost cowed Nina almost drove her to yield before her visitor. "If he has told you so," she said then she stopped, not wishing to triumph over her rival. "He has told me so; but I knew it without his telling. We all know it. I have not come here to deceive you, or to create false suspicions.
"Ain't goin' to git away nohow!" exclaimed the countryman, and took hold of the swindler's throat. "Le let go!" came back in a gasp. "Don't don't strangle me!" When a policeman arrived the swindler was thoroughly cowed and he turned reproachfully to Josiah Bean. "This isn't fair," he said. "It was all a joke. I haven't got your money." "Yes, you have." "He is right, Mr. Bean," put in Joe.
Them that makes their living off the people will have to mind themselves that they don't outrage the convictions of the people." This was an awful threat, and it cowed young Kerrigan a good deal. He did not believe that Gallagher was capable of having it carried out to the last extremity.
Cowed by his summary treatment of Moody, rather than encouraged by his words, the men started pumping again, although without any heartiness, clink-clanking till daylight, when they were relieved by the other watch and went below, taking Moody with them that worthy having regained his consciousness after a time, in consequence of the water in the lee scuppers, where he was lying, washing over him and acting more efficaciously than the application of smelling-salts or sal volatile would have done under other circumstances.
There was something in his manner that cowed me, and I was obliged in spite of myself to give way. There were only three of us in the dining-car, and we were not a very merry company. Our tables were laid almost adjoining, and there was no conversation between us, except when the Colonel asked me with contemptuous civility what wine I preferred.
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